Amazon announced today “the return of Amazon Customers Vote, offering customers the opportunity to vote on and purchase some of the hottest products of the season at ridiculously low prices.” While you as a third-party merchant may not see a significant impact in sales (although there’s probably some because traffic to Amazon spikes), these are [...]

If you’re looking for more payment and checkout options for your e-commerce site, Amazon is offering two webinars this week to tell you about Checkout by Amazon (CBA). Think of CBA as the easy and secure Amazon checkout on top of your own website and you have a good idea of the value it can [...]

Via Randy Smythe comes news that Amazon is hosting a brief webinar next Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at 10.30 a.m. PST to help you prepare for the upcoming, brisk holiday season on Amazon.com:

“What to expect during the holidays
How to remain in good standing
Growth opportunities
Sources for further information”

Click here to register for the webinar.

With the holiday season kicking into high gear in just a few days, Amazon has shared additional selling best practices to make you even more successful.
The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for sellers. We have some suggestions that will help make it the most successful, too!
Expedited Shipping
As the calendar [...]

Amazon announced that consumers can now get text alerts on the Amazon Deal Of The Day to their mobile phones. You can sign up at Amazon Goldbox.

If you’re not receiving emails with Amazon’s Daily Deals then you’re missing out. Similar to Woot, Amazon features every day a new deal often at a significant discount off [...]

Amazon Seller Support has launched a new blog designed to share selling best practices, resources and information on new services offered by Amazon. While it’s new and doesn’t offer a lot of content just yet, it’s a good step to improving the selling and ultimately shopping experience on Amazon. Highly recommend that you add this [...]

Today’s October 2008 retail sales report was disappointing with more bad news feared for the holiday season and 2009. Consumers are going to cut their discretionary spending and will be more value-conscious. Just the perfect mix for online retailers looking to take a bigger share of overall retail.
And Amazon.com may be better positioned then many [...]

Amazon published the 2008 Holiday Toy List using its new window-shopping technology (www.windowshop.com) to showcase what Amazon anticipates will be the most-popular toys of the upcoming holiday shopping season. Available at www.amazon.com/holidaytoylist, favorites include:

Bakugan Battle Arena (B0014SRP0A, $23.99)
Fisher-Price Elmo Live (B0015KOFZK, $64.87)
LeapFrog Tag Reading System (B00134O7QU, $49.99)
LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation 3 (B001IVXI7C, $59.99)
Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube [...]

Amazon announced the launch of its new Customer Metrics Scorecard designed to give online retailers a clear and visual indicator of their performance. While the percentages are clear, a retailer focused on delivering a great shopping experience during the holidays is pressed for time so a quick glance (green, yellow or red?) will only incrementally [...]

In the spirit of the season, I am highlighting two of the scariest Amazon listings I have come across recently. So grab your Pumpkin Spice Latte and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup and get ready for a fright.
First up is a ghost from the UK that an Amazon retailer forwarded to me. The listing for [...]